Patterson did "Margaret" as a dedication to my daughter Margaret, who was at the show and expecting her first child in December. It was a complete surprise to all of us. She had tears in her eyes by the end of it. Meant more than I can ever express. Just one more example of what a kind, thoughtful a...

On Thursday night Rebecca said Liam was wanting to hear Zip City baaaaad! They were so tired from traveling they left early and missed it. As it got closer and closer to encore time on Friday, I kept telling him, it's coming and then Cooley didn't play it. He got it on Saturday after a very special ...

Patterson sat down at the keyboards at The Fillmore on Friday night. That's the first time I'd ever seen him do it. It took me by surprise.

Craig was still front end manager at the 40 Watt, the first Homecoming I went to. On Saturday he sat down next to me on the pool table that used to sit off to the side of the stage. I asked him what Fire Marshall capacity was. He said around 500. I said, if you don't mind telling me, how many do you...

Man, that's a couple of ecstatic young ladies. Great smiles. We all know the feeling! Beantownbubba, your post not only made sense, it made perfect sense. I haven't had the privlege of seeing DBT as often as some on the EO tour, but I have seen them around 10 times this year, including a couple nigh...

For those of y'all coming to the Richmond show, Patterson will be doing an in-store signing at 3:00, at Deep Groove Records. Hope to see you there.

The documentary will eventually be released on DVD. For those of you in the Richmond area, it's showing at Bowtie on November 1. I'm working on doing a brief intro and a short Q & A after the showing. The NYC premier was a VERY special night in all regards! It doesn't get any better than a band ...

Grand Canyon is about/for Craig. I couldn't hold back the tears as Patterson played the full band version for me in "The Office" last Saturday. It's both breathtaking and heartbreaking at the same time. As we all know, no songwriter is able to express those emotions better than Patterson H...

I can't tell if it's E-Z-G or Kenny B!

From the mid seventies into the early eighties, George was living in Florence. My roomate at the time had a Lincoln and was getting it worked on at the local dealership. George was having his worked on at the same time. In Alabama you only have a license plate on the back. You can put anything you w...

I meant to say Friday night, not Saturday.
Friday's perfect gesture was Patterson raising the bottle to the sky to start the show.
Saturday's perfect gesture was Paul raising the picture of Craig to the crowd and kissing it, to end the show.
Class acts, to honor a class guy!

Patterson handed me that nearly empty bottle of Maker's Mark backstage right before they went on Saturday. It was the first slug of whiskey I'd had in 15 years. There could not have been a better/worse time for it!

There seems to be some confusion about the "After Party". Hopefully I can help. Here's the deal. Cous Cous is a restaurant/club basically in the heart of the VCU campus. It is walkable from The National, but I'd catch a ride or a cab. I'm all about walking, but it would be a loooong walk a...

To the best of my recollection, it got played most often in 2004, as the War In Iraq was getting to be a real mess.

"Take a Letter Maria" was the first "hit" recorded at Muscle Shoals Sound. From what I've read they were recording that album at the same time the Rolling Stones were recording there. The Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section would work on the R.B. Greaves album during the day and they wo...

He did this same sort of solo 3 to 4 date tour in this area a few years back. He played the main room at the Birchmere on that run. It was just him and the Matador in a rental, a Cadillac, if remember correctly.

You did get to order what you want for RSD, but it's true you don't always get what you want. We did order the 7" of "After It's Gone", but our one-stop rep. dropped the ball on that one and we didn't get it. A good percentage of the RSD related article in the local paper was about th...

Back on December 17th and 18th, 2004, DBT played the Canal Club here in Richmond. Since it was a week before Christmas, they let me spin Christmas music before the show and in between bands. On the second night, I played Merle Haggard's "Daddy Won't Be Home Again For Christmas." While it w...

It's Thanksgiving Eve, so I thought I'd give a shout out thanks to Clams for the pretzels last Saturday night. They saved my starving ass after the show! I wasn't the only one those pretzels helped.
To all, a wonderful Thanksgiving...
Jay

Or possibly, Patterson Hood producing?

I wanted to take just a second to share some of my thoughts about Tuesday night. I felt it was a great night for the band as they put on a pefect 45 minute show in that setting. It seemed they were converting and winning the crowd over as the set progressed. I don't care how damn old you are, and I'...

The Yep Roc compilation cover is a fairly early painting by Wes Freed. He and Jyl did an in-store at Plan 9 back in the late 90s and used it as a stage prop. They left it at Plan 9. It sat in the back office for years, just leaned up against the wall with a stack of promo stuff. After years of it ju...

Alley Katz, Richmond, VA July 23(I think) 2004. They completely blew the power late in the show. After about 20 minutes, they got enough juice going in the joint for the amps and monitors. DBTs crew quickly strung a light from a rafter above the stage. Patterson and Cooley then turned the monitors a...

a DBT album without David Barbe would be like a DBT album without Wes Freed art work.
But for the sake of discussion, how about Bob Ezrin. He was at the Third Man show.

Two posts in one day! I'm going back into hibernation...

Jack was there last night. He was hanging out and chatting with the band, family and friends before the show. He watched the first few songs from a couple steps up a ladder, leaning in a corner, right outside the door leading to the back stage lounge. I was right in front of him at that point. When ...

It would be a good question for EZB, Cooley, Patterson and Jay. They have to do it all the time...
Safe travels everyone. Hope to see/meet some of y'all.
Jay

As of this year, there are now 2 "Record Store Days". Black Friday and the annual April date.

I haven't posted in a loooong time, hell, I barely ever read this thing, but I got on today to look at the new format. Looks great moderators!!! I couldn't pass on this post however... 1997 Capitol City Barn Dance Floodzone Richmond, VA Patterson called to tell me he was coming to town with a new ba...